Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104

STS-27

Lockheed Space Operations Company was scheduled to launch a Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104 rocket as part of the
STS-27 mission. The launch window for the Government/Top Secret mission was on Fri, Dec 2nd, 1988, 9:30 AM EST from Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL. The status of the launch was Success.
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Mission

STS-27

STS-27 was the twenty-seventh and the third for Atlantis. It carried a classified payload for the Department of Defence. The heat shielding was substantially damaged during lift-off, impacting the right wing. The crew narrowly survived re-entry with a steal bar taking the brunt of the heat before beginning to burn through the aluminum structure.